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Pandoro Recipe

Pandoro delicious buttery  vanilla infused soft cake like star shaped naturally leavened Christmas bread from Verona, Italy.
This recipe make about 1kg pandoro
Prep Time2 days
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time2 days 45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: #sourdoughbread, Christmas bread recipes, Italian Christmas bread, Pandoro
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 507kcal

Ingredients

First dough

  • 100 g sourdough stiff starter (Lievito Madre)
  • 75 gr Granulated sugar
  • 155 gr Eggs 3 large
  • 90 gr Butter
  • 260 gr Manitoba flour any high gluten flour around 14.5 to 15% protein

Second dough

  • All First mix dough
  • 55 g Manitoba flour any high gluten flour around 14.5 to 15% protein
  • 5 g Salt
  • 2 g Malt
  • 56 g yolks about 3 yolk
  • 15 g Sugar
  • Entire Emulsion To be prepared on the evening of the first mix

Emulsion

  • 100 g butter
  • 50 g powder sugar
  • 16 g honey
  • 25 g aroma mix
  • 10 g cocoa butter

Aroma mix

  • 37.5 g candied orange peel
  • 18 g candied lemon peel
  • 7 g butter
  • 19 g honey
  • 4 g Rum I used plantation rum
  • 1 vanilla bean or 6g vanilla extract

Instructions

Stiff starter/levito madre

  • First refresh the stiff starter/levito madre at 3 times before making the pandoro.

First dough

  • In a kitchen-aid bowl add 3 eggs and sugar and beat well, to this add Manitoba flour and starter and mix well. Once everything combined well. Incorporate the butter
  • Mix for 25 minutes until you get a silky-smooth elastic dough. Test dough for windowpane.
  • Ensure that the dough temperature stays under 26 degrees C (78F). If it goes higher, place dough in freezer for 10 minutes (remember this for second dough too)
  • Bulk Rise of First Dough (18-20 hours/overnight)
  • Place dough in large container (three times the size of the dough), cover, and let rise at 28/30 C (82 to 86F) for 18-20 hours. You may leave the covered dough inside the oven (turned off!) with the oven light turned on for warmth if you have a cool kitchen
  • Once first dough is ready make the second dough,
  • Before making the second dough, you need to make aroma mix and emulsion as both needs to incorporate into the second dough.

For emulsion

  • In a large bowl add, butter, powdered sugar, honey, aroma mix and grated cocoa butter and set aside. If you are making ahead you can store it in refrigerator.

For Aroma mix

  • You need to blend , candied lemon peel, candied orange peel, honey, rum, butter, and vanilla . If you are using vanilla extract use 5g. Blend everything to puree consistency and set aside.

For Second dough

  • When ready to make second dough, add flour and barley malt to the day 1 dough and mix at slow speed than medium for 15 minutes
  • Slowly incorporate sugar
  • Afterwards, add egg yolks, in two addition and then salt.
  • Knead until smooth and homogenous
  • Gradually incorporate the emulsion into the dough and mix well.
  • Once the dough is ready do few stretch and fold and shape it into a boule.

Shape the dough

  • Transfer to well buttered pandoro pan. And set aside for another 15 hours or until dough reaches the rim .

Bake the Pandoro

  • Pre-heat oven to 325°F ( 163° C) for 15 minutes.
  • Then reduce the 300°F (149°C) for 30 minutes. Bake until a dome appears or until the internal temperature reaches 195 F (90° C) and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean .
  • Let the pandoro cool in the mold on a wire rack for 15 minutes and then carefully remove the pandoro from the mold. Cut a thin layer off the base so it will sit flat on a serving plate. Serve the pandoro, once it is cool you can either dust the whole bread with powdered sugar or cut it vertically into slices (traditional). Or for a more interesting look you can slice the pandoro in thick horizontal slices, then rotate the slices.

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Notes

But careful it is not to burn. When it starts brow too quickly cover with aluminum foil and continue to bake.
 
  You can then either dust the pandoro with powdered sugar or you can layer each of the horizontal slices with custard, cream, or a filling of choice.
This recipe makes 1 kg pandoro  need 500g mold 
 
If you want you can skip the aroma mix and just use vanilla extract. 

Nutrition

Calories: 507kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 201mg | Sodium: 519mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 824IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 2mg
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